Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

ये च वीरासनारूढा ये च मंचकसंस्थिताः । शृण्वंति सत्कथां ते वै भवंत्यनृजुपादपाः

Transliteration

ye ca vīrāsanārūḍhā ye ca maṃcakasaṃsthitāḥ | śṛṇvaṃti satkathāṃ te vai bhavaṃtyanṛjupādapāḥ

Translation

വീരാസനത്തിൽ ഇരുന്നോ, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കട്ടിൽ/മഞ്ചകത്തിൽ ഇരുന്നോ കിടന്നോ സത്കഥ കേൾക്കുന്നവർ, വളഞ്ഞ തണ്ടുകളുള്ള വൃക്ഷങ്ങളായി (അനൃജുപാദപ) മാറുന്നു।

Word by Word

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• वीर-आसन-आरूढाः: mounted on the vīrāsana posture/seat
• वीर-आसन-आरूढाः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक) + आसन (प्रातिपदिक) + आरूढ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √रुह्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (वीरासने आरूढाः)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• मञ्चक-संस्थिताः: standing/sitting on a cot/bed
• मञ्चक-संस्थिताः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मञ्चक (प्रातिपदिक) + संस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, सम्+√स्था)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मञ्चके संस्थिताः)

• शृण्वन्ति: listen
• शृण्वन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• सत्-कथाम्: holy/good story
• सत्-कथाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (सत्/शुभा कथा)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/assuring particle)

• भवन्ति: become
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• अनृजु-पादपाः: crooked trees
• अनृजु-पादपाः: Karta (Subject Complement/प्रथमा-प्रत्यय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनृजु (प्रातिपदिक) + पादप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (अनृजवः पादपाः)

Speaker

Unknown (context not supplied; likely a purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A discourse setting: some listeners sit upright, while one sits in vīrāsana and another lounges on a cot; behind them appear stylized trees with bent trunks/branches, linking posture to karmic symbolism.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred listening requires disciplined, respectful bodily conduct, not casual lounging.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; this is a general instruction for dharmic assemblies.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avoid inappropriate postures or sitting on a bed/cot while hearing satkathā.